How to Install and Uninstall libfreetype6-dev Package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Last updated: October 05,2024

You can also install and uninstall the libfreetype6-dev on the following distributions in the same way, as they are all based on the Debian system

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1. Install "libfreetype6-dev" package

This is a short guide on how to install libfreetype6-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm)


    
        
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                sudo apt update
            
                    
    
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                sudo apt install
            
                        
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2. Uninstall "libfreetype6-dev" package

Please follow the guidelines below to uninstall libfreetype6-dev on Debian 12 (Bookworm):


    
        
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                sudo apt remove
            
                        
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                sudo apt autoclean && sudo apt autoremove
            
                    
    
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3. Information about the libfreetype6-dev package on Debian 12 (Bookworm)

Package: libfreetype6-dev
Source: freetype
Version: 2.12.1+dfsg-5
Installed-Size: 69
Maintainer: Hugh McMaster
Architecture: amd64
Depends: libfreetype-dev (= 2.12.1+dfsg-5)
Description: FreeType 2 font engine, development files (transitional package)
Description-md5: 28f874a479b758590006ecadff6e409a
Multi-Arch: same
Homepage: https://freetype.org
Tag: devel::lang:c, devel::library, implemented-in::c, role::devel-lib,
works-with::font
Section: libdevel
Priority: optional
Filename: pool/main/f/freetype/libfreetype6-dev_2.12.1+dfsg-5_amd64.deb
Size: 46376
MD5sum: 0f5df99b374c04de19a18451336bb633
SHA256: 5102b8fb3f25119a45c4be97a484c97fed0d90bc557d81351fb026d6665b875d